Alexandra Ross Bio
Alexandra Ross, a seasoned expert in data protection, use, and ethics, serves as the Senior Director and Senior Data Protection, Use & Ethics Counsel at Autodesk, headquartered in San Francisco, California. In her role, she leads the Data Legal team and provides invaluable legal, strategic, and governance support for Autodesk's global privacy, security, data use, and ethics initiatives. Alexandra's commitment to upholding data protection compliance and meeting customer expectations for a trusted platform and engineering excellence is evident through her active involvement in the Trust Council. She collaborates closely with the Enterprise Risk Management team to identify and mitigate risks related to data and serves on the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Steering Committee, emphasizing her dedication to ethical data practices. Alexandra is a certified information privacy professional, a published author, and a prominent speaker at privacy and security conferences. With over seven years of dedication to Autodesk, she continues to make significant contributions to the company's legal and data governance efforts.